Increasing Junior High School Students' Mathematical Comprehension with Realistic Mathematics Education (RME) Approach

Mathematical understanding is an important basis for thinking whensolving mathematical problems. also the ofthinking in learning mathematics to find out results of mastery learning. Thiscan be seen test scores students with mathematicalunderstanding abilities that are still below level learning, thereforethe importance increased by using theRealistic Education (RME) approach. This study uses mixedmethods where research strategy combines qualitative and quantitative methodssimultaneously. The conducted average score was stilllow, namely 62.5% 37.5% above average, but afterapplying RME method, it showed student scoreincreased 21.9 % 78.1% average. Based on resultsbefore after test, students' ability by40.6% applying teaching thus proving had apositive effect increasing understanding.